The self-control was something achieved, not inherited, and often masked combustible emotions that could explode in fury.
Now, 75 years [after ], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books.
People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.
Sometimes it's hard to look at a flower, when your dying inside.
The beauty of having faith, is that no matter what the time of day, whether it be day or night I know that someone is always there with me to give me comfort.It doesn't matter whether it is Buddha, Go...
Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted.
If we glorify God (not self) in everything we do then everything on earth will glorify God.
There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnit...
Until you develop the courage to pursue that dream in your heart, you will never reach your true potential.
I used to wonder if it was God's plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.